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<?php $text = <<<EOD [a-1]****************** [b-2]********** [c-3]*** EOD; preg_match_all('/^\[([a-z]-\d)](.*?)$/m' , $text, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER); $result = array(); foreach ($matches as $match) { $result[$match[1]] = $match[2]; } var_dump($result);
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.8 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.17 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.27, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
array(3) { ["a-1"]=> string(18) "******************" ["b-2"]=> string(10) "**********" ["c-3"]=> string(3) "***" }

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